Not just no, but hell no. You can’t sacrifice liberty to preserve America. It’s an oxymoron. One cannot exist without the other. Should this boneheaded Amendment pass, we’d cease being American at that very moment.
I agree.. If the Government bans one religion, what makes you think that the Government is just going to stop at Islam?? Nope... Once you give the Government more power, they are not going to give up that power..
I could not agree more. This one passage:
Immediately upon passage of this Amendment all Mosques, schools and Muslim places of worship and religious training are to be closed, converted to other uses, or destroyed. Proceeds from sales of such properties may be distributed to congregations of said places but full disclosure of all proceeds shall be made to an appropriate agency as determined by Congress.
Is ridiculous.
Our constitution was never written with Islam in mind. It was written by Christians with a Christian society in mind and protection of it against those who would destroy it, which would include Islam.
“Not just no, but hell no. You can’t sacrifice liberty to preserve America. It’s an oxymoron. One cannot exist without the other. Should this boneheaded Amendment pass, we’d cease being American at that very moment.”
Short, but succinct, rebuttal:
“The Constitution is not a suicide pact”
(I don’t recall the name of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice who wrote this, but one in fact did).
The proposed amendment is too long and too wordy to be worth consideration. It would never pass.
I would directly re-write the First Amendment, inserting language that the followers of Muhammed were not recognized as deserving of its protections.
Yes, I WOULD do that. And I would have NO fear for the future of the country.
So long as the existing First Amendment provides cover for Islam to destroy us from within, I DO fear for the future of this country.
I realize your opinion may be different from mine.
- John
I don't support it as an Amendment, but I do recognize that Islam is inconsistent with democracy.
And a serious threat to America and the rest of the free world, much as Nazism was.
I agree No Thanks.
This is really not a president. In the 1800’s the American Government banned the Sioux Ghost Dance, because they believed the dance was a calling for uprising and war.
I gotta agree. We have enough trouble with the government being able to make up definitions as it is.
1A does not protect religious violence as it is, so this amendment is unnecessary and foolish.
Dear Melas,
Please look at the picture so kindly reproduced in post #6. I refer to the uppermost picture of the Palisimians exhibiting threat behavior one tends to assume would be typical of a baboon or perhaps a very vexed chimp.
That the Palisimians are seen as human beings with which one can “get along” is a Libtard view which has always both amused and horrified me.
Perhaps you might be able to explain how otherwise intelligent and educated people can assume that Muslims won’t do what their faith demands they do to all unbelievers.
Okay, so what is the answer to Islamofascism?
My biggest fear about this whole war with Islam is that they will attack us so dramatically that the resulting outcry from surviving American citizens will force the government to do something like this amendment, or something even worse. The US of A may well not be recognizable in the 10-15 years.
We may not have a choice, if the country is to survive.